Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I assume Dettah is a non-tax-based community. How does that play into the funding for the YK board and have they even decided which one of the YK boards is going to take Dettah in? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Minister Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The details of the change in governance haven't been completed as of yet. Both boards had requested the change, both the Dettah DEA and the Dogrib Community Services Board. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Delorey.
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's just one example where things can take place and how things can be changed when there is a willingness to do it. I don't see any difference here in what would take place in Hay River if Hay River wanted to change. They've addressed it often enough, but there has been absolutely no desire on the department's part to work with them on that. I am running out of excuses as to why we can't do it, but the Minister continues to state that it's a different situation. What is so different about this situation? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Minister Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The request has come from both parties and the issue is one of a simple transfer of funding from one to the other. It won't cost this particular government any additional funding to bring about this particular change. The challenge with the Hay River situation is that it will incur additional funding to bring about a change. I have worked and spoken before about this to the DEA and members that if there is a wish to change, there has to be consideration made for the cost involved in here and that is fairly substantial by the looks of it.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. No further general comments? We will go into detail. Page 9-9, directorate and administration, operations expense, total operations expense, $5.015 million. Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under directorate and administration, management services, they talk about capital planning. Who else is involved in the capital planning for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Mr. Ootes.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Devitt.
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Devitt
Mr. Chair, right now, the department has a manager of planning and analysis who is involved, along with a planning officer. We work very closely with staff from the Department of Public Works as well.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So there are two departments, yourselves and Public Works and Services. What about the corporate capital planning process? I was led to understand that is made up of a lot of the deputy ministers of this government.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Devitt.
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Devitt
Yes, the Member is correct. We are part of both the working and deputies' committee for the planning of capital infrastructure. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
So how does it feed through the system when a capital project is going to be put on the books? Is it initiated by the department in conjunction with Public Works and Services and then fed up the corporate planning committee and then find its way on the five-year capital plan? Am I correct in that scenario?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Devitt.
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Devitt
Mr. Chair, I think the Member is basically correct. The department first works to identify the needs of all projects in the 20-year needs assessment. This is based on capital standards, specified program requirements, the condition of assets and the age and estimated use for life of assets. This information is also reviewed by the working and deputies' committee responsible for infrastructure planning. Then the first five years of the 20-year needs assessment is then reviewed by the working committee, and then the projects are ranked against the identified rating criteria and from that information there are recommendations made as to which projects will be included in the five-year capital plan. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is the information used to justify those projects the information that has been provided to committee?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Devitt.
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Devitt
Mr. Chair, the information provided to the committee was the information used for the college projects. It does not include all the information we have in the department. It is a summary of that.